U2 fever!

I have sent this out by email before and apologise to all who have already seen it but with U2 being in SA and the fever running quite high, I thought it will not be a waste to reprint my research.

Hi,

I have been curious about Bono confessing that he is Christian and googled it quite a bit this afternoon.

I came to the conclusion that, although he said that he is, his language has not changed and he is focusing on the wrong things. he is so focused on giving humanitarian relief and says nothing about their souls being lost and going to hell. He is not evangelising them! He talks about it not being a case of charity but of justice and equality. In other words if we see Africans as our equals, we would help feed them so that they can be on the same level as us physically, but he says nothing of taking the Gospel to them.

Now if we help them physically and not spiritually, everything we do for them is useless! Ultimately it will all come to nothing! I realise that we have to give them food and clothing but not instead of the Gospel!

He talks about the Bible mentioning the poor more than 2100 times, but in actual fact there are only 141 pieces of scripture that mentions the poor according to my MacArthur topical Bible. (I guess he got his info from Tony Campolo who also gives a similar number). So did he actually read the Bible on this or is he merely following someone else?

I am not saying that he is not saved because it is not my place to judge as it is something between him and God. Maybe it is his immature faith that is leading him down the wrong path.

These are my thoughts. I just think he is to liberal and although he does all these things it does not prove anything, escept maybe that he has a high profile and a heart to help the poor, but then so did Mother Theresa. All I know is that I can not support someone who says nothing about the spiritual wellbeing of those he is trying to help.

http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2005/08/bonos_remarkabl.html

http://www.thinkchristian.net/index.php/2006/02/03/justice-and-charity/

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/april22/14.18.html

http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2006/10/interpretation-of-u2-lyrics-all-because-of-you/

http://www.worldmag.com/articles/10892

http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/wp/2006/08/12/bono-interview-by-bill-hybels-with-mp3/

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Liefde-groete in Jesus Christus!
Annalize Breytenbach

PS: This is my (Annalize's) research and writing

Luzaan and Isla

Love these photos of them! It is not very often that the puppies sleep on the girls' laps but they enjoy it very much when they do!

These puppies just have the cutest faces! Little bearded old men ;o) They have just as much personality and character as it seems when you look at them!

Tango

Suzelle has a subject called Arts and Culture and, as part of the assessment for that subject, they have to do a little dance at school! Well, today is the big day!

We are not dancers, so you can imagine how grateful I was when someone else's mom said that she'll help them to dance together! She worked out the steps and then taught them. It is a tango as you probably already gathered from the post heading. Eldie did it so tastefully and I was so impressed by the 2 kids!

The top and hair is for the dance today and then she will go put on a white skirt at school when it is time to do their dance! Will try to take a photo of her in the full costume later.

Had trouble uploading the images and have a photo of her full costume already. Apparently they were a hit! Soooo sorry we did not make a video of this!

Tired little bunny ;o)

Luzaan's school has been busy with concert ever since she returned from school! Every year they have 12 concerts and this tires the children out tremendously!

This year is no different and they had their last concert today. (Hoooooorrayyyyy!) It is quite a time of pressure because they still have extra mural activities and then have to be at school at night! This means that we have less time to spend on homework.

I was quite disappointed this year because they seem to try to outdo themselves every year and then lower their moral standards in the process! All I can say is that the Lord was definately not glorified and I am sure that there were a few humans that were! It is so sad because they do not even realise this!

Anyway! The concert did have avery cute little bunny rabbit in it and we love her so much!

Long time . . .

It has been a long time since my last blog and so much has happened since.

While my sister was still here Luzaan ended up in hospital with a serious bacterial infection that started as a urinary tract infection. She had fevers of between 38 and 40.6 and was sick for a whole week and then still at home getting better for another! She's all recovered now and back at school. I learned something from her that normally would have seem so silly to me . . . When she first started feeling better, she prayed for her food in hospital and thanked the Lord for being able to eat again. It made me think of so many other things we take for granted everyday!

Just thought I'd share these beautiful king proteas with you! I bought them next to the side of the road for less than a normal bunch of flowers would've cost me and all the greenery came from our garden. This, along with another amazing sunset made me think that, if our God can create such glorious things, how awesomely glorious must He be in Person!

He is truly a wonderful God!

Two lovely days

So much fun having my sister here! The last two days we have done touristy things and loved it! We went to Vergelegen (Lots of South African history and beautiful gardens!) and Seidelberg wine estate. The weather has been kind and the girls even got a bit too much sun today but it was lovely. We ended up having Cheese again tonight and loved it of course! Tomorrow we will be visiting family in Malmesbury and Monday. . . probably nothing ;o)

9 Days early

So, it seems Daddy was the most impatient one of the family and these little girls came home with us today!

Suzelle and Luzaan did not know wether we were joking or wether they could really get excited when we told them to pick up their puppies and lets go ;o) We had to tell them that we were not teasing but serious before they got excited.

Now for the hard work!